The Norman Journal. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1898 Page: 1 of 8
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THE NORMAN JOURNAL.
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VOL. 1.
NORMAN, CLEVELAND CO., OKLAHOMA, FRIDAY, APRIL 8, 1898.
NO. 7.
Dainty Underwear.
Every woman should have
dainty underwear, while we are
selling it so low. We can meet
your wants in Silk, Lisle or Cot-
ton, because we have a large line
of beautful patterns.
Gentlemen's Underwear.
We have a nice line of Bal-
briggan Underwear for men.
You should see our 20, 30 and 50
cent garments. You will ot once
see how low we sell high grade
goods.
Men's Hats.
Our prices on hats are low.
Wo buy of C. B. Rouss, where
hats can ba bought cheaper than
anywhere in the world. He sells
Territorial News.
A I'onca City man owns thirty-'.wo
dogs.
Klngflshei has voted $10 000 bonds
for a school building.
Capt. B F. Unifier, of El Reno, has
been needed as clerk of lite territor-
ial supreme court.
The Oklahoma I'hai mareutical As
sociation will meet at Guthrie the
13th and Mth inst.
Twenty-two hobos were brought
into police court at Oklahoma City
one day last week.
Nearly all ef the saloon-keepers of
Guthrie have been indicted for vio-
lating the liq.ior law.
lJr. C. W. Bacon has been appointed
deputy district clerk at l'awnee, to
succeed J. N. Coulter.
Samuel L. Overstreet has been con-
firmed by the senate to be United
States attorney for Oklahoma.
Governor Barnes has appointed T. J.
Gunn.of El Reno, and DeForrest D.
NO FRESH NEGOTIAflONS.
The
Resolutions.
The following resolutions were
adopted by Albert Carter Post. G. A.
R. of Norman District of Oklahoma,
at a regular meeting, on Saturday,
April 2nd, 1898.
Whereas, the U S. government is
now passing through a very grave
crisis which seems likely to involve J dent MoKinley's message
our countiy in war with
Nut
Frrald<>iii,ii ftfla*
lltu'it iflHlerUlly Changed,
Kaimn* City Star's Correspondent.
Washington, April 6.—The
temporary withholding of Preai-
was
a foreign duo to the receipt of a cablegram
power. Therefore, resolved. "That Al- L , „.. ■ .t
b,rt Carter I'ost, No. 5. Department from Geueral Fitzhugh Lea, our
of Oklahoma, reaffirm our devotion oonsul general at Havana, advis-
and unswerving loyalty to the old fl;tg,
and to the Union foreyer.
Resolved. That we endorse the
course of our President, in avoiding
war, as long as possible with honor,
and believing if war must come, our
noble comrade.and honored President,
will not be found lacking in courage
patriotism or devotion to our count ry,
and with ability to prosecute a slic-
ing that if that message contem-
plated armed intervention, it be
deferred until Americaus in Cuba
could leave the island. Ho stated
lliat the exodus could be complet-
ed by the 10th instant. Members
of the foriegn affairs committee
of the Senate and the House,upon
cessfui war.
We. therefore, wish in this formal I being shown this dispatch prompt-
manner to reaffirm our loyulty to the j ly concurred in the opinion of the
whole country, and pledge ourselves r> -j <. i . • «. . ..
to uphold the honor of the Union by | President and cabinet that the
Leach, of Oklahoma City, as members ' all the means in our power. | message should be delayed until
of the board of regent* of Edmond j Resolved, That we further wish to next Monday
Normal School, to succeed A. H. Bales I express our entire confidence in our
and J. L. Mitch, respectively, who comrade, General Alger, Secretary of
had resigned.
Alva, Ok.,-^pril 5—Settlers on the
Eastern Saline reserve have been or-
dered to vacate by a United States
inspector. The government offered
no objection to persons using the
lands for gr ing purposes. but pro-
tested when tha laud was plowed and
planted to crops. Portions of the
reserve had been even appropriated as
homestead.
The county sest fiiht between Te-
cumseh and Shawnee waxes warm.
Dan Kerwin slates upon his oath that,
being asked by Inane Renfrow to en-
ter his saloou at Tecumseh, he was
there assaulted by said Renfrow,
Thurston Renfrow and Torn Smith.
War. And we hold ourselves ready
to respond to any call he may make
upon our loyalty and patriotism.
Resolved, That we cordially endorse
the course of our honored Consul
General Fitz llt.gh Lee, in his man-
agement of our nation's interests in
Cuba, during these critical times.
.John 15. Williams,
IIenry Perry, Post Com.
Ajt.
to us only in this town. There- in the presence or the town marshal,
and a petition containing 61 names
which he had procuied in another
township, asking for a county ?aat
election, was taken from him.
fore we buy cheaper and
cheaper; in other words we
sell
UNDERBUY AND UNDERSELL
Democratic Ticket.
Last Saturday i'itrht the democrats
met in the various wards and selected , , , ,
candidates for councilman, as follows: only been changed in that it will
First Ward—L C. Kendall.
Second Ward—M. M. Furrv.
Ths utmost confidence is felt by
the administration aud Congress
in the wisdom and good judgment
of General Lee in any emergency
The rumors of disturbances in
Havana are not confirmed, buf
the conditions there are extreme-
ly threatening. Consul General
Lee is still at his post and will
remain there until all other Amer-
icans are safe.
The President's message has
ask Congress to authorize and
j direct immediate intervention.
Otherwise the message will stand
as heretofore outlined, and, as
the Htar stated on Tuesday morn-
Alva were re-elected at Edmond Mon
Not only ill Hafs, but every- day by the board of legents of the
territorial normal schools. The
changes were at Edmond. Prof. Wal-
ter L. Ross, teacher of history and
civics, was succeeded by Prof. E. W.
Baxter, superintendent of the Guthrie
public schools. The election of a
~ ~ teacher for the model department at
1 he Logansport girl who ex- Edmond was postponed until June,
pressed so much sympathy for' Miss L'zzie Wooster is the piesent
the farmer because of his cold! teaclier-
winter job of harvesting his win-
thing, at the
New York Racket.
country.
It will ineyitably mean war.
j Hostilities can only be averted
J. W. Maddox, formerly editor ol
. . . . , i tl^e Western Oklahoman at Taloga,
fer wheat, is equal in agricultural pardoned Tuesday hi Governor
knowledge to the one who ex-j C. M liann s from the penitentiary at
pressed a desire to see a field of Lw Ih«- Kansas, where he had been
. . sent for shooting a druggist named
tobacco when it was plugged out. | Springton at Taloga in 1897. Thecor-
Third Ward—W. T Wallace.
Fourth Ward—W. W. Wingate
Filth Ward—M C Rutiyan,
Sixth Ward—M. T. J. Cape haw.
Monday night'.he democratic con-'- •, ,
veotion was held in the Probate ^g, it will De of such a vigorous
Witli slight changes the faculties of j court office, and the following was I tinging character as to meet ti.©
the Normal schools at Edmond and j ticket decided upon: full expectations of Congress and
Police Judge. J. D. Grigsby. °
Clerk, J R Pyles.
Treasurer. Tom Clement.
Marshal, C. B. McClintock.
Constable, Joseph Daniels. i, ,, ■ . ,, , , ...
p j i by opain herself declaring the m-
c hi marshal there ware three catidi
dates. C is McClintock, James Davi- (dependence of Cuba and yielding
son, J Burton, and four ballots were her sovereignty over the island,
necessary to declare a choice, as fol- v . • . ■ ... ,, • ,
lows. Negotiations with hpain have
first ballot. j NOT been reopened by the Unit-
McClintock 8 ipd States and will NOT be. The
Davison in j
Burton 9 4ueeD reoeut has NOT sent h
second itALLOT. j personal message to the President
Mc Clintock 9 | makii)cr a new proposal for peac
Davison ] o > r 1 1
Burton 8
Till It I) ItALLOT,
,. , „ „ , , , , , | McClintock 12
13tit the Peru damsel who nBked, ! dition of the pardon was that Maddox ; fjavison 11
liurton 5
FOURTH BALLOT.
McClintock 14
"which cow L'ives buttermilk?" is ' sh"uld not re,"r" ,n Oklahoma before
(September 22, 1898 A pardon had j
entitled to the whole bakery. | recently been refused Maddox owihir !
But the Chicago miss, who, w hile j to a threat by him that he would "get:
visiting here, was asked if she
ever sasv anybody milk a cow,
replied: '"Oh, yes indeed I have.
It just tickled me to death to nee
uncle jerk two of the cow's faucets
at the same time."—Exchange.
The Journal solicits your job
printing. We are prepared to turn
out good work ana all orders will be
promptly attended to.
* William's Kidney Pills
' Has no equal in diseases of the< ^
( > Kidneys at.d Urinary Organs. Have |
. you neglected your Kidneys? Have'
I you overworked your nervous sys- (I
II tern and caused trouble with your .
.Kidneys and Bladder? Have youf
I pains in the louis, side, back, groins^ I
, > and bladder? Have you a flabby ap- .
. pearance of the face, especially <
t under tlio eyes? Too frequent de-.)
.) sire pass urine ? William's Kidney .
' Tills will impart new life to the dis-1'
#eased organs, tono up the system.)
\ and make a new man of you. By
T mail 50 cents per box. ('
Davison ]3
Joseph Wilkins was chairman of the
convention, and M McGinley and C.
W. Brewer the secretaries.
Citizens Ticket.
A petition was circulated, and sign-
inent attorneys of Pottawatomie j ed by the proper number of voters,
county relate a story of > recent inter- | calling for a Citizens ticket to be voted
view with B; 11 Christian who escaped | upon at the municipal election. The
even" with Springton for protesting
against his pardou Maddox wrote a
pathetic tetter to Governor Barnes a
few days ago, denying that he intend-
ed bodily harm to Springton.
Tecumseh Republican: Two prom-
VVith the inlluences now at work.
Railroad Statistics.
Railroad statistics show that
there are '240,l'2y miles of rail-
road track in the United States,
comprising 42 per cent, of the
mileage of the world. There is
one locomotive to every five miles
of track, costing on an average
$10,000, one passenger coach to
every six miles of road, costing
an average of $4,000, and seven
freight cars to every mile of road,
costing $tJ00 each. The total
cost for the equipment for all the
roads in the United States foots up
the magnificent sum of $1,223,-
835,000, or nearly 12 per cent of
the total stock and bonds of the
railroads. Eyery passenger loco-
motive hauls 51,471 passengers,
an average distance of twenty-five
aud one-half miles jwr year, while
evory freight locomotive hauls
37,634 tons of freight a year, an
average distance of 125 miles.
The average number of passengers
carried per train is thirty-nine.
The average number of tous of
freight carried per train is 10(J.
lit® freight cars of the railways
of the United States, if coupled
t igetlier, Would make two con-
tinuous trains reaching from New
York to San Francisco,and a third
reaching to Denver.
The compensation for general
officers average $9.19 a dav; of
trackmen, §1.17 per day. Bag-
gagemen receive the highest pay in
the operating department,an aver-
age of $3,(j5 a day. The railroads
pay out for expenses an averag
$12.31 for each inhabitant of the
United States.
There were in 189f!, 2,827,424
passengers carried on trains for
each one killed, and 178,132 pas-
sengers carried for each one in-
jured. Otherwise stated, a pas-
senger could travel 2,884 times
around the world without being
killed, and 180 times without be-
ing injured.
A story is told of au old color-
ed preacher who was holding a
meeting in a large tobacco barn
through foreign diplomatic chan- 'u R niral district in Kentucky.
Williams mfg. Co., Props.. Cleveland, O.
from the Oklahoma county jail several
years ago. They state that one night
in Garlboro a bewhiskered stranger
called at their room in a hotel where
thev stayed ever night and announced
himself to be Bill Christian the escap-
ed outlaw. He told them everything
that had happened to him during his
devious wanderings aud stated that
he had left Bob, who was too wild for
him, and found a home in Mexico,
where he could safely live in the dis-
guise he practised and that he had
come to get his fat h«T and mother to
go with him there. He stated that he,
in escaping, floated down the river a
tnile to escape detection, The attor-
neys stnte that the mystery of who
earned the other guns Into the jail was
fully explained.
For Sale by It. J Weeks.
For the news—and all the news-
rend The Journal.
following is the ticket selected:
Marshal, J. P. Monroe,
Clerk, D. A Miuor.
Treasurer, Harry Lindsay,
Police Judge, Ziha Belden.
Constable. H. R, Mays.
Councilmen:—1st ward, It. C. Berry;
2nd ward, S. M. Moore: 3rd ward, J. | posal to the I'resideut h
C. Wails; 4th ward, W. H. Freeman;
6th ward, Dr. J. Ellard; 6th ward, C.
A. Harrington.
New Opera House.
McGinley <fc Berry, who are now
having a two-room business building
nels, to bring about a settlement
of the difficulties between Spain and
her rebellotis subjects in Cuoa this
government has ABSOLUTELY
NOTHING TO DO. The adminis-
tration aud Congress stand pledged to
the freedom of Cuba and will accept
no solution that does not involve the
withdrawal of Spanish troops from
the island, aud the hauling dowu of
the Spanish flag.
The five great powers have NOT sent
a joint note to the United Slates coun-
seling against war. Mediation of any
sort has NOT been ofl'eied to this
government and will uot be accepted
if it is offered.
If Spain shall send any fresh pro-
will NOT
accept, but will lefer it to Congress
for such action as to it seems proper
Miller Captured.
Miller, the man who last Christmas
cut the throat of Henry Agee, and ko
An empty tobacco hogshead was
pressed into service as an eleva-
tion upon which to stand while
delivering hiz discourse. Warm -
ing up to his subject he soon be-
came excited. Throwing his arms
into the air above his head and
elevating one foot, he exclaimed:
"De righteous shall rise and de
wicked shall fall!" At I he word
"fall" he brought his foot down
vehemently ujkju the head, and
likrt a flnsh it gave away and he
droppeJ out of sight, being short
of stature. Amid the precipitated
uproar he reached up aud grasp-
ed the "chime" of the barrel and
drew himself into view, thouting:
"Brass Gawd dey shall rise
again."
Tiik Ji uitNAL office is located on
door east of M. McGinley's grocery.
in course of erection, have changed | n^nrly caused his death, yvas captured MOTT'S PENNYROYAL P!I i Ss
their plans from the original design. „ere Saturday bv Deputy Sheriff Th.?™'"" w.h',!£?
Blackwell an l cairled to Norman.—
Lexington Leader.
and instead of hav'iig it 50x80, two
stories high, it will be 50x100, three
stories high, with opera house on the
third floor. The opera house will be j The Journal desires a good cor-
up to date and the enterprise of this | respondent in every township in the
llrm is to be commended. county.
,Inen
uutl banish •• pmim ..r mrnstrua-
tIt'll." They are •• I,|f* H.uen"
lo girls at wuninnhood. aiding df-
vulopnifnt of ortfiinit ami body. No
known romwljr f<>r women equals
them. Cann-.t do hnria— Jiff be-
comes a pleasure. Ill pt r box
hy mail. Hold by UriiggUU.
■fOTT CHEMICAL CO
k"oi Sale by B. J. Weeks,
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Leonard, J. R. The Norman Journal. (Norman, Okla.), Vol. 1, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, April 8, 1898, newspaper, April 8, 1898; Norman, Oklahoma. (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc122972/m1/1/: accessed May 20, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.